Question

Is it possible to change the location of php.ini to be used by Apache? When I did php -i | grep 'Configuration File', the result is:

Path => /usr/local/etc

Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/etc/php.ini

But the result of phpinfo() is

Configuration File (php.ini) Path : /etc

I can copy over php.ini from /usr/local/etc/ to /etc/, but is it possible to change the php.ini folder?

I installed PHP using homebrew and I am using OS X Snow Leopard.

Answer 1

PHP uses different .ini files when running via command line vs running as a web server module. When you grep the results of php -i your getting the command line ini. It’s good practice to have separate ini’s for the two environments.

If you must change the directory PHP looks for the php.ini file, you can use the PHPIniDir in your web server conf file.

If you wish to just add additional directories to be scanned, you can set the PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR environment variable.